Germán Orozco

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Medal record
Germán Orozco
Germán Orozco
Men’s Field Hockey
Competitor for Flag of Argentina Argentina
Champions Challenge
Bronze 2001 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold 2005 Alexandria Team
Pan American Games
Gold 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Germán Mariano Orozco (born January 16, 1976 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey defender from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 1994. He competed for his native country in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics.

He studied kineology at the University of Salvador in Buenos Aires. Aged six, he started to play hockey at the Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Club. He is nicknamed Pi Pa. Orozco is playing club hockey, as of 2005, in Germany, at a club in Hamburg. In January 2006 he moved to Dutch champions Oranje Zwart from Eindhoven.